Portable, folding, cooking, and heating oven.



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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed; November 11, 11916. Serial No. 13o,745'. V g

T0 allwhom z'tmay concern:

Be it known that I, ISABELLA Mon- AND KING, a subject, of the King ofthe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at BonnieBrae, Richmond Hill, Richmond, Surrey,,England, have invented Portable,Folding, Cooking, and 'Heating Ovens, of which the following is aspecification. This invention relates to portable folding cooking andheating ovens of the type which will cook with an ordinary gas ring orin front of a gas or electric stove or an open fire grate, and in whichthe trays or shelves are detachably secured to the walls of the.

oven, and are adjustable as to position thereon, the said walls beingmade in two or more sections hinged together along their vertical edges.

My invention consists essentially in the particular construction,combination, and arrangement of the parts of ovens of the aforesaid typehereinafter set forth; and in order that my said invention may be fullyunderstood I will proceed to describe the same with reference to theaccompanying drawings and figures and letters of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the interior arrangement of theparts, forming the oven constructed in accordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 also in perspective, shows how the walls of the oven may befolded together, with the trays removed, so that the whole may be madeinto a compact package for transport.

Fig. 3 in similar view, illustrates the exterior of oven; and Fig. 4 isaperspective view of the wire frame work of one of the side walls of theoven.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts where occurring.

The oven may be used in front of an, ordinary coal, coke, or gas fire,or around a gas ring, electric stove or the like, and in accordance withthis invention consists of a suitable number, preferably three, ofsheets a of block tin, zinc, aluminum, or other metal, each mounted in awire frame work b.

These sheets a are hinged together as at 0 in such manner as to permitthem to be opened out when requlred for use, and to be folded togetherand "allow of compact storage.

The wire framework o of the sheets a shown on the two side wings of theoven illustrated are bent or curved at the top to form handles 12 tofacilitate movementv of such idewings to required positions.- and thesaid wlre framework 6 1s formed 'at-"the bottom with loops to serve asfeet upon which the oven rests. These loops may be arranged in zig zagfashion as at (Z; or the feet may consist of pear shaped loops of wire 6Fig. 3 fastened one at each side to the sheet at the bottom and meetingat the center.

I provide a suitable number of trays f or the like to contain thearticles of food to be cooked or heated. These are adjustably mountedupon the inside of the sheets a in the following manner Centrally andnear the top of the side sheets a a slit 9 is cut into which is inserteda tongue 72, formed from the turned up rim or edge at the back of thetray f. The tray is kept in position by means of a wire stay Z upon eachside formed with a hook at one end which engages with an eye on on thetray f. The other end of each wire stay Z engages with a hole pierced inthe sheet aabove the tray f. Two or more of the eyes we may be providedif desired to allow of adjustment of the tray, see Fig. 1.

Two, three, or more, of the slits 9 may be made in the sheet aimmediately beneath each other into which the tongue h of the tray f maybe inserted so as to enable the position of the tray on the wall of theoven to be varied to a certain extent to suit requirements, the sheet abeing correspondingly pierced for the reception of the ends of the staysZ.

There will be as many series of slits g and piercings for the ends ofthe side stays Z in the walls a; of the oven as there are trays to beaccommodated within the same and with the said trays made to standardthey are interchangeable and no difficulty will be experienced infitting any tray into any of the positions.

In the middle sheet 0. of the three sided oven illustrated a door 11 isfitted which may also be fitted with trays or with hooks upon its innerside.

In an oven as above described articles of Fatented Apr-.9. 1 91 8. f

: particularly for use in front of a fire or range I Would have itclearly understood that additional sides of the construction set forthabove may be added to suit requirements, also that the oven may beclosed in around a gas ring or an oil or other stove; and a separatemetal plate may be laid across the top on Which various articles offood, plates, and the like maybe kept hot while'other articles arecooking.

When not required for use the shelves are dismounted and the sidesfolded together Where the Whole apparatus Will occupy but little roomand can'be stored in a small space.

ISABELLA MORLAND KING.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

